Climate Working Group
Climate Modeling and Research (CRM) Program Review
24-26 March 2008
Princeton, New Jersey
PRESENTATIONS
PANEL
PRESENTER
TITLE
C. Koblinsky
Overview
V. Ramaswamy
Overview
Panel 1a
A.R. Ravishankara
Atmospheric Composition and Climate
(NEW! 10/14/08)
G. Feingold
Aerosol (direct & indirect) process studies
L. Donner
Atmospheric processes in climate models - aerosols, convection, and clouds
A.R. Ravishankara
Climate and air quality
Lunch
A.R. Ravishankara and J. Butler
Report out from ESRL lab review
(NEW! 4/1/08)
Panel 1b
R. Hallberg
Ocean processes and modeling
A. Gnanadesikan
Ocean and carbon cycle
Mete Uz
Role of global carbon cycle program
Panel 2
H. Pan
Reanalysis and reforescasting
G. Compo
Reanalysis of the 20th century
A. Rosati
Data assimilation development - ocean model and future plans
J. Butler
Carbon tracker: its goals and observational needs
Panel 3a
V. Ramaswamy
GFDL strategy and challenges
R. Stouffer
IPCC AR4 experience and future plans for climate projections based on new emissions scenarios
L. Uccellini
NCEP strategy and challnges: vision for making CFS a public model
B. Gross
NOAA climate computing resources
S. Lord
NOAA computing resources and operational requirements for cliamte forecasting at NCEP
Panel 3b
I. Held
High resolution model
A. Wittenberg
Coupled climate modeling (including land-surface)
J. Dunne
Earth system modeling (land and ocean ecosystems)
S. Lord
NCEP modeling
Lunch
B. Gross
Revitalizing NOAA HPC
S.J. Lin
Dynamical core advances in NOAA
Panel 3c
W. Higgins
Operational climate monitoring and prediction products, services, and the climate test bed
J. Huang
Role of climate prediciton program: improvements to NCEP climate and hydrology forescasts:
land-surface processes and their role
C. Ropelewski
Role of the IRI and applied research centers
Panel 4
S. Solomon
IPCC and WMO
T. Karl
CCSP
Discussion on Program Integration
C. Koblinsky
Integration with universities and external (interagency and international) partners
Integration within NOAA includingthe utilization of
in situ
and satellite observations
Dinner
J. Sarmiento
Highlights of CO2 science: status, challenges and implications in the context of climate change
Panel 5
T. Delworth
Decadal climate variability and predictability, and abrupt change research
J. Todd
Role of climate variability program grants in decadal variability and abrupt changes research
G. Vecchi
Circulation changes and extremes (including droughts, etc.)
N. Christerson
Draft CRM review notes
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